sorry I wasn't more useful :(
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Adam Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome, glad you figured it out! > > Regards, > Adam > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Etienne de Bruin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> So after being convinced this was a JS issue, it turns out it was a CSS >> issue. Thank you to Adam and Joe for jumping in. Thank you NOT to Matt >> and David for jumping in. >> >> The culprit was that the checkbox input was inheriting a style >> >> -webkit-appearance: none >> >> So when changing it to >> >> -webkit-appearance: checkbox >> >> it all worked. No point in wondering why this was the case as it all >> makes sense within the context of the bootstrap template I am using. >> >> TIL how to do CSS debugging in Chrome. Thanks to @bensie I also found a >> helpful resource about all this here: >> http://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/appearance/ >> >> Thanks! >> >> Etienne >> >> On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Joe Fox wrote: >> >> Adam has a good point… there could be an overly broad javascript/jquery >> selector that is intercepting the onChange event and returning false. That >> would explain the behavior as well. >> >> -Joe >> >> On May 29, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Adam Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> By pasting your snippet of HTML generated into the HTML body of a site, >> it shows a nice little checkbox that I'm able to visible "check" when >> clicked. I'd say if you don't see the 'check' mark after clicking it, it >> might be your CSS. Can you inspect it in Chrome or FF and disable any >> styles applied to it to see if that has an effect? Maybe also comment out >> your CSS <style> tags in your layout and refresh the page to see if >> anything is messing with it. I wouldn't imagine something is intercepting >> the "change" action on it, but you might have some funky JS being >> initialized. >> >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Etienne de Bruin <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> b. >> >> Apologies for not clarifying. >> >> >> On Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Adam Grant wrote: >> >> When you say it's "not checking", do you mean: >> >> a) it doesn't visibly get rendered as checked on page load if >> @employment.present == 1, or >> b) that when you click it it doesn't check, or >> c) when you submit it when it's checked, it doesn't submit >> "employment[present] = 1"? >> >> - Adam >> >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Etienne de Bruin <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Roobs! >> >> I'm having a hard time getting my checkbox to check in my rails app. >> I've got it down to thinking this is a JS or CSS issue since I am using a >> bootstrap theme. If anyone knows what the reasons are behind checkboxes >> not checking from past experience I would greatly appreciate some pointers. >> Here is a gist of how I am using form_for with the generated html in my >> comment: >> >> https://gist.github.com/etdebruin/5671416 >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> Etienne >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. 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